Complete the dialogues with the correct Past Simple or Past Continuous
form of the verbs in brackets.
1
A: What’s wrong with you?
B: I’ve broken my foot. I (build1) a wall in my garden and I
(drop2) a brick on it
A: Really. How’s the brick?
2.
A: What (you/do3) at six o’clock yesterday evening?
B: I (watch4) TV. How about you?
A: I (write5) some letters. I (not/finish6) until after nine.
B: I (watch7) TV until ten o’clock and then I (go8) to bed.
3
A: This time last week I (drive9) to Cambridge for my university entrance interview.
B: Oh, yes. How (it/go10)?
A: Well, it was a bit frightening at first. I (enter11) a room and six people (sit12) at the table and an empty chair (stand13) and (face14) them. They (invite15) me to sit down and then they (ask16) me a lot of questions about my entrance exam paper.
B: Wow! Sounds awful.
A: It wasn’t too bad. Then they (ask17) me to wait outside and while I
(wait18) another student (come19) in and (sit20) down. I (feel21) really sorry for him because he (look22) terrified and all the time (twist23) his tie round his fingers. I (tell24) him it wasn’t the Spanish Inquisition and to relax which he seemed to do.
B: What (happen25) next?
A: Not much, really. They (call26) me back in and (say27) that I would have their decision in two weeks and now I’m just waiting.
4
A: I’m going to bed.
B: I (think28) you (watch29) the late film.
A: I (want30) to but I’m just too tired. I (have31) a difficult day at
work. I (put32) together my presentation to the directors from 9.00 until 5.00 and when I finally (finish33) I (find34) out that they (not/meet35) until next week and I could have done it later.
B: Never mind, I’ll make us some hot chocolate and we’ll have an early night.
2. Must he work hard today? How must he work today? He must work hard today, mustn't he?
3. Are we leaving for Moscow next week? When are we leaving for Moscow? We are leaving for Moscow next week, aren't we?
4. Were we reading the whole evening? What were we doing the whole evening? We were reading the whole evening, weren't we?
5. Don't they go to work on Sunday? When don't they go to work? They don't go to work on Sunday, do they?
6. Is it cold today? What's the weather like today? It is not cold today, is it?
7. Has Ann already begun to read a new book? Who has already begun to read a new book? Ann has already begun to read a new book, hasn't she?
8. Do you learn English at school? What do you learn at school? We learn English at school, don't we?
9. Will they show you how to get there? Who will show you how to get there? They will show you how to get there, won't they?
The role of the main hero in the film was brilliantely performed by a popular American film actor Richard Gere. I highly recommend to watch film "Hachiko" to all those people who haven't seen it yet. This is an amazing story about the dog which was the most faithful and devoted friend in the whole world for her owner. Now in Japan you can see Hachiko's memorial. The plot is remarkable but very tragic: Parker Wilson (Richard Gere), a University Professor, returning home in the evening after work, finds at the train station a lost puppy. After several unsuccessful attempts to find the owner of the dog, Parker decides to keep the puppy, naming him Hachiko. From that moment between Parker and Hachiko occurs deep friendship and sincere affection, they spend much time together.
Every morning, Hachiko accompanies the master, hurrying to work, to the station, and in the evening waits for his return, sitting on the parapet in front of the entrance to the station. This ritual continues for a long time, Hachiko is already known to all the sellers and employees of the station. One day, Parker went to work, where he had a heart attack and he died... but Hachiko continues to come daily to the station and wait for the Parker’s train. Parker's wife moves to another city and wants to take Hachiko, however, he escapes and returns to the station, where remains to live. Ten years later, the wife of Parker arrives to visit the grave of her husband and at the station she sees Hachiko still waiting for his master... After some time, Hachiko dies on the parapet, where he so many years was waiting for Parker.